The first table below looks at the demand for Gigabit Ethernet skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Gigabit Ethernet over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Gigabit Ethernet 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £248 £300
% change year-on-year
- -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
- -24.13%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
385 525 434
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.83% 17.87% 16.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 171 130
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 51 83
Average hourly rate £19.00 £32.50 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.53% +10.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Gigabit Ethernet
England

Gigabit Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Gigabit Ethernet across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England Gigabit Ethernet Jobs Demand Trend

Gigabit Ethernet
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Gigabit Ethernet across the East of England region.

East of England Gigabit Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

Gigabit Ethernet
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Gigabit Ethernet across the East of England region.

East of England Gigabit Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend